Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Rafael Devers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Rafael Devers 1B,DH - SF	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 62	# 75
VBR	# 71	# 106

Projections

Runs	30	28
Home Runs	11	9
RBI	32	30
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.247	.249

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	# 74

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 38	# 109

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 49	# 77

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 54	# 90

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 69	# 133

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 71	# 46

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rafael Devers 1B,DH - SF	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	400	388

Runs	55	47

Hits	99	96

Singles	49	63

Doubles	27	18

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	22	13

RBI	60	56

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	42	66

Strikeouts	123	109

Batting Average	.248	.247

On Base Pct	.318	.368

Slugging Pct	.485	.405

On-base Plus Slugging	.803	.772

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rafael Devers 1B,DH - SF	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	204	192

Runs	30	28

Hits	51	48

Singles	29	28

Doubles	11	9

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	11	9

RBI	32	30

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	28	25

Strikeouts	60	54

Batting Average	.247	.249

On Base Pct	.348	.346

Slugging Pct	.462	.452

On-base Plus Slugging	.810	.798

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rafael Devers 1B,DH - SF	Michael Busch 1B - CHC
News
	Rafael Devers went 3-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
	Rafael Devers went 2-for-4 in a 7-6 win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
	Rafael Devers went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 in a 10–1 win over the Twins with two runs scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	Rafael Devers went 3-for-3 in a loss to the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in Saturday's 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th
	Rafael Devers went 2-for-5 in Sunday's loss to the Rockies with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	Michael Busch went 3-for-4 with a double and one run scored in Saturday's 5-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rafael Devers 1B,DH - SF			Michael Busch 1B - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Michael Busch for Rafael Devers (2026)

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